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Zbis

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Region
Vendée, France

Sector
Manufacturing

Mode
Private

Contact information (website, SM, other)

Criteria of innovation
Innovation of product, service, and use; Process and organizational innovation; Social innovation

Keywords
Local and shared micro-factory

How the company was founded

Information not available.


What type of company it is

An open space in which one can come to learn, experiment, tinker, develop projects and push innovative ideas up to the prototype, or very small series and beyond in an environment conducive to open innovation. Zbis propose a tool for the animation of the territory, continuous training, technical and creative culture for all audiences.


Which open innovation practice are you describing

Concerning, the innovation of product, service and use: a micro-manufacturing unit for professionals in an environment conducive to open innovation. Possibility of producing in small series and locally.

Concerning the process and organization innovation: it is a facilitator of process innovation by allowing manufacturers to produce locally in single units or small series.

Concerning the social innovation: a local animation, continuing education, technical and creative culture tool for all audiences. Also, support for social innovation projects.


Why it was successful

using open innovation, this company give possibility to individual or SME to learn, to create and to innovate, to repair and to have fun in the same time. Moreover, focused on personal digital manufacturing, for which it also serves as a demonstrator and proof of concept.

Like any FabLabZbis is a collaborative experimentation space, open to all, allowing a mixed community ranging from the general public to professionals to create, prototype, experiment and learn, using provided equipment for modelling, control, electronic equipment etc.


Who is the target group of the solution

all public, B2B and B2C.


What is the portability of the practice and are there any transversal aspects for application across other sectors

This project and model is applicable across other region in France and even in an international level.